FANSSEA News

By Nathan P. Felix14 February 2022
The Valentine’s Season usually celebrates romantic love, friendship and admiration. But for the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), it is a month to showcase staff’s growing appreciation for edible landscaping and greening initiatives. Love is in the air The SEARCA Greening Project is an initiative that promotes “local food for the… Read more
By Imma Czarina D. Apolinar20 January 2022
As part of the ongoing scaling-up strategies to sustain and expand on the lessons learned and best practices of the School-plus-Home Gardens Project (S+HGP), the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN), in partnership with the Kansas State University… Read more
By Nathan P. Felix15 November 2021
Bringing the spirit of fiesta to Filipino homes in the prevailing pandemic, SEARCA featured experts, advocates, and youth partners on food and agriculture at the 2021 Pista ng Pagkain at Kabataang Pinoy or “Pistang PagKaPinoy” on 23 October 2021 via Zoom and Facebook Live.  In relation to the World Food Day celebration, the festival featured lessons, stories, and concepts on food and… Read more
By Nathan P. Felix18 October 2021
SEARCA’s youth leader along with three other young professionals from Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines tackled youth initiatives for food sustainability in a virtual dialogue organized by the ASEAN Youth Organization – Japan Chapter (AYOJP) on 9 October 2021 via Zoom. Mr. Sonny P. Pasiona, SEARCA’s Senior Communications Associate and Youth Lead, highlighted the role of young people in… Read more
By Leah Lyn D. Domingo9 September 2021
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have partnered to establish a Halal Science and Technology (S&T) and One Health Knowledge Center for Southeast Asia in the Philippines. To be hosted by the UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) with support from SEARCA, the… Read more
By Nathan P. Felix31 August 2021
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) conducted its 34th SEARCA Online Learning and Virtual Engagement (SOLVE) webinar titled “SOLVE Gaps in the Agri-Food System: Promoting Youth Inclusion and Innovation” on 11 August 2021 via Zoom and Facebook Live. SEARCA identified Gender and Youth Engagement in agricultural and rural development… Read more
29 June 2021
Recognizing the importance of listening and including farmers in the process of transforming agri-food systems, the Southeast Asian Regional Center on Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and CropLife Asia (CLA) hosted “Transforming Pathways: Working with Farmers in the Agri-food Systems”. This independent dialogue in connection with the United Nations Food Systems Summit… Read more
By Danellie Joy O. Medina14 May 2021
To further gain insights for the development of ASEAN Guidelines for the Utilization of Digital Technologies for ASEAN Food and Agricultural Sector, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) organized a second online Knowledge Sharing Workshop with… Read more
By Nathan P. Felix15 April 2021
Forging partnerships for community resilience and self-reliance has been the fulcrum of both the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) in navigating the new normal.  With a shared ambition, the two institutions have formalized their institutional cooperation on 14 April 2021 in a virtual signing… Read more
15 April 2021
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) through its Research and Thought Leadership Department (RTLD) conducted the first online Training-Workshop on National Roadmap Development on 7-9 April 2021. The training-workshop for the initial batch of participants is part of the national technical assistance component on road mapping… Read more
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